Patents by Inventor An Zhang

An Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240067996
    Abstract: The invention provides a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for producing a human milk lipid substitute. By integrating a heterologous lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase into Saccharomyces cerevisiae and knocking out its own natural lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase, the content of palmitic acid (C16:0) at Sn-2 position of triacylglycerol produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae is increased, to synthesize a human milk lipid substitute. On this basis, a metabolic pathway related gene is knocked out, to further increase the content of human milk lipid substitute in the product. In the present invention, a human milk lipid substitute is de novo synthesized by Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the first time, in which the total fatty acid is 15% or more, and the relative content of C16:0 at Sn-2 position reaches about 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Long LIU, Jian Chen, Xueqin LV, Wenyang Wu, Guocheng Du, Jianghua Li, Guolin Zhou, Yanfeng Liu, Chenyang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240068064
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a 400 MPa corrosion-resistant steel bar and a production method thereof. The steel bar includes the following chemical ingredients: 9.5-10.4% of Cr, 1.0-1.2% of Mo, 0.3-0.6% of Mn, 0.01-1% of Ni, 0.01-0.5% of Cu, at most 0.014% of C, at most 0.004% of N, 0.01-0.05% of Nb, 0.2-0.6% of Si, and the balance of Fe, where Cr+Mo+0.5Mn+0.35Ni+0.25Cu is 11.1-12.2%, and C+N+0.3Si+Mn+1.8Nb is 0.4-0.8%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH OF IRON AND STEEL, JIANGSU PROVINCE/SHA-STEEL, CO. LTD (CN), JIANGSU SHAGANG GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han MA, Yun ZHOU, Jiaqi ZHAO, Yu ZHANG, Huande CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240072668
    Abstract: A control circuit includes a timeout circuit configured to receive a first control signal. The timeout circuit asserts a timeout output signal on a timeout circuit output responsive to an expiration of a time period following assertion of the first control signal. A counter circuit has an input coupled to the timeout circuit output and has a counter circuit output. Responsive to assertion of the first control signal, the counter circuit selectively increments an output count value on the counter circuit output responsive to the timeout output signal having a first logic state or decrements the output count value on the counter circuit output responsive to the timeout output signal having a second logic state. A comparator circuit has a control input coupled to the counter circuit output. The comparator circuit adjusts a magnitude of a reference signal responsive to the output count value from the counter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Liang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240073942
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a fifth-generation Evolved Node-B (gNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a message comprising an indicator to indicate a number of contention based physical random access channel (PRACH) preambles within a PRACH occasion per Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). The second circuitry may be operable to generate a first PRACH occasion, based on the indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexei DAVYDOV, Seunghee HAN, Gang XIONG, Gregory V. MOROZOV, Yushu ZHANG, Joonyoung CHO, Dae Won LEE, Yongjun KWAK
  • Publication number: 20240072123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor structure, including a substrate; a V-shaped groove layer, a V-shaped groove enlargement layer and a semiconductor epitaxial layer stacked from bottom to top; a first V-shaped groove arranged on a surface of the V-shaped groove layer close to the V-shaped groove enlargement layer; a second V-shaped groove arranged on a surface of the V-shaped groove enlargement layer close to the semiconductor epitaxial layer, where a size of the second V-shaped groove is greater than a size of the first V-shaped groove In the present disclosure, a lateral epitaxy effect of the V-shaped groove enlargement layer and the semiconductor epitaxial layer is realized for two times, which makes dislocation fully bend, effectively improving crystal quality. Meanwhile, the first V-shaped groove and the second V-shaped groove are self-formed during an epitaxial growth process, which greatly reduces preparation cost and improves preparation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Liyang ZHANG, Kai CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240073313
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an application display method includes: starting an application on an electronic device; detecting a switching operation of switching a screen orientation of the electronic device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation; in response to detecting the switching operation, changing a window orientation of display resource information of the application to the portrait orientation; and sending the changed display resource information to the application, so that the application loads a portrait layout of an application window in the landscape orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Guangjun Chen, Bo Wang, Pei Zhu, Zhangliang Xiong, Yanan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240067982
    Abstract: Disclosed are components and methods for RNA-directed DNA cleavage and gene editing. The components include and the methods utilize a Cas9 protein from Neisseria and one or more RNA molecules in order to direct the Cas9 protein to bind to and optionally cleave or nick a target sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Erik J. Sontheimer, Yan Zhang, Alfonzo Mondragon, Rakhi Rajan, James Thomson, Zhonggang Hou
  • Publication number: 20240073100
    Abstract: Disclosed are an isolation method for a high-performance computer system, and a high-performance computer system. The isolation method comprises node-level isolation performed. The node-level isolation comprises: configuring a routing table for each computing node, and configuring, in the routing table, valid routing information for computing node pairs; when any one source computing node needs to communicate with a target computing node, determining, by lookup, whether valid routing information exists between the source computing node and the target computing node according to the configured routing table; if so, allowing the source computing node to communicate with the target computing node; otherwise, forbidding the source computing node from communicating with the target computing node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pingjing LU, Mingche LAI, Zeyu XIONG, Jinbo XU, Junsheng CHANG, Xingyun QI, Zhang LUO, Yuan LI, Yan SUN, Yang OU, Zicong WANG, Jianmin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240074071
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lifting assembly of electronic equipment, and electronic equipment. The lifting assembly includes a first mounting frame, a second mounting frame, a lifting body, a drive coil and a first magnetic element. The lifting assembly is controlled to move by means of controlling the drive coil to be powered on or powered off, thus improving the stability and reliability of the motion of the lifting assembly, reducing the risk of damage to the lifting assembly caused by manual pressing, prolonging the service life of the lifting assembly, simplifying operations of a user, and enhancing the use experience of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Lijin Zhang, Bing Xie, Liang Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240067583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal coupling method for preparing ethylene by ethanol dehydration and device thereof. The device includes an ethanol dehydration reaction system, a quenching compression system, an alkaline washing system, a molecular sieve drying system and an ethylene purification and propylene refrigeration cycle system; ethanol dehydration reaction products in the ethanol dehydration reaction system serve as a heat source for preheating, vaporization and superheating of a raw material of ethanol; tower bottoms of an evaporation tower in the quenching compression system serve as a heat source for preheating of a feed stream of the evaporation tower and heating of an overhead gas of a quenching tower; products of ethylene in the alkaline washing system serve as a cold source for cooling of crude ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Minhua ZHANG, Hao GONG, He DONG, Feng SHI, Fang MENG, Yingzhe YU, Haoxi JIANG
  • Publication number: 20240070232
    Abstract: Methods and systems for training a model include determining class prototypes of time series samples from a training dataset. A task corresponding to the time series samples is encoded using the class prototypes and a task-level configuration. A likelihood value is determined based on outputs of a time series density model, a task-class distance from a task embedding model, and a task density model. Parameters of the time series density model, the task embedding model, and the task density model are adjusted responsive to the likelihood value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Jingchao Ni, Liang Tong, Haifeng Chen, Yizhou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240072973
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide adaptive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. In particular, a unified signaling technique for adaptive PDCCH search space monitoring is descried. This signaling can indicate either one or a combination of the switching and skipping. In an example, the signaling includes multiple parts. In a first part, radio resource control (RRC) signaling is sent from the network to the device to configure the device for switching only, skipping only, or switching and skipping. In a second part, first DCI is sent from the network to the device to indicate the particular PDCCH monitoring configuration to use for the PDCCH search space monitoring. Thereafter, network sends second DCI in the relevant PDCCH search space, where this second DCI schedules traffic. The device performs blind decoding to determine the second DCI in order to exchange the traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Hongbo Yan, Dawei Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Hong He, Haitong Sun
  • Publication number: 20240070695
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, device and storage medium for processing a target track. According to an embodiment, the method comprises: determining a candidate customer track set of a receipt data group corresponding to one of a plurality of shopping receipts; counting, for each track, the number of sold items matching the track in location in a sold item set indicated by the receipt data group, as a first location matching count of the track; counting, for each track, the number of sold items matching track points of interest in a set of track points of interest of the track in location in the sold item set, as a second location matching count of the track; and determining a customer track corresponding to the receipt data group based on first location matching counts and second location matching counts of a plurality of tracks in the candidate customer track set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Liuan WANG, Huigang ZHANG, Ping WANG, Jun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240066051
    Abstract: Prophylaxis and treatment of patients susceptible to infection by coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is achieved using compositions including one or more inhibitors including sulfated glycans and/or highly negative charged compounds. The inhibitors bind to wild-type and variant spike glycoproteins (S-proteins or SGPs) of SARS-CoV-2, inhibiting fusion, entry, and infection of a host cell. The inhibitors can include pentosan polysulfate (PPS), mucopolysaccharide polysulfate (MPS), sulfated lactobionic acid, sulodexide, a defibrotide, 4-t-butylcalix[X] arene-p-sulfonic acid, or combinations thereof. The presence of additional sulfo groups in PPS and MPS contribute to the improved inhibitory activity of compositions with those sulfated glycans against COVID-19 compared with compositions containing heparin alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Robert John LINHARDT, Fuming ZHANG, Jawed FAREED, Walter JESKE
  • Publication number: 20240067651
    Abstract: Disclosed are prodrugs of myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibitors, methods of treating MPO related disorders, e.g., multiple system atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease, and methods of neuroprotection, which include administering to a patient in need thereof the prodrugs, pharmaceutical compositions including the prodrugs, and kits including the pharmaceutical compositions and instructions for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gene M. DUBOWCHIK, Joseph Theodore LUNDQUIST, IV, Melody A. MCWHERTER, Jeffrey C. PELLETIER, Allen B. REITZ, Eric STROBEL, Yan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240068079
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-aluminum austenitic alloy and a high-aluminum austenitic centrifugal casting pipe. The high-aluminum austenitic alloy and the high-aluminum austenitic centrifugal casting pipe have excellent anti-corrosion capabilities and creep resistance at a temperature of 900° C. or above, while having required mechanical properties. In weight percentage, the high-aluminum austenitic alloy or the high-aluminum austenitic centrifugal casting pipe of the present invention is composed of the elements of: C, 0.3-0.7%; Mn, 0-0.5%; Si, 0-0.5%; Cr, 20-26%; Ni, 40-50%; Al, 3.5-5%; Ti, 0.01-0.3%; Zr, 0.01-0.3%; Nb, 0.1-1%; Ta, 0.01-2%; Mo, 0.01-1%; W, 0.01-1.9%; N, 0.001-0.04%; Re, 0.03-0.3%; the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the high-aluminum austenitic alloy and the high-aluminum austenitic centrifugal casting pipe of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Minghao ZHANG, Kun DU, Jian PEI, Tianzhen DING, Guowei YE
  • Publication number: 20240070690
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for forecasting an agricultural product price based on signal decomposition and deep learning. The method includes: S1, obtaining price subsequences by performing a complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) on an original price sequence of agricultural products; S2, obtaining a reconstructed sequence based on the price subsequences; S3, obtaining data features of the reconstructed sequence based on the reconstructed sequence; and S4, constructing a Bi-directional Sequence to Sequence (BiSeq2seq) model, and inputting the data features of the reconstructed sequence into a CCS-Bi-directional Sequence to Sequence (CCS-BiSeq2seq) model to obtain a forecasting result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Xinsheng ZHANG, Runzhou WANG, Chang YANG, Yiwei HAN, Chunyang WU, Yanan LI
  • Publication number: 20240072565
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a charger that is dynamically controlled during charging, including during rapid charging events that include elevated voltage and/or elevated current levels. The charger is connectable to a battery cell of a rechargeable energy storage system. Operation includes transferring electric power having a charging current at a maximum charging rate to the battery cell. An anode potential offset setpoint is determined. A predicted anode potential offset is determined at an interface between the anode and the separator based upon the cell voltage for the battery cell. The charger is controlled to transfer the electric power to the battery cell based upon a temperature distribution in the battery cell and a difference between the anode potential offset setpoint and the predicted anode potential offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Han Zhang, Taylor R. Garrick, Brian J. Koch
  • Publication number: 20240069421
    Abstract: A multicolor light mixing module includes a first laser set, a light-mixing unit, a light-homogenizing member and a condensing lens. The first laser set includes a plurality of first lighting units and at least one second lighting unit arranged symmetrically relative to a first symmetrical axis. The light-mixing unit is obliquely disposed on a first light-mixing axis and is opposite to the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit for reflecting a first color light of the first lighting unit and a second color light of the second lighting unit to cooperatively form a first laser beam along the first light-mixing axis. The light-homogenizing member is disposed on the first light-mixing axis for homogenizing the first laser beam. The condensing lens is disposed on the first light-mixing axis and located between the light-homogenizing member and the light-mixing unit for condensing the first laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: QISDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jia-Ming Zhang, Ching-Tze Huang
  • Publication number: 20240069117
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method, a system, a device, and a medium for detecting a battery state of health. The method includes extracting a target curve segment from a first charging characteristic curve of a battery under test; and determining, according to a corresponding relation between characteristic parameters of the target curve segment and the battery state of health, the battery state of health matching the characteristic parameters of the target curve segment, and determining the battery state of health as the battery state of health of the battery under test. By utilizing said corresponding relation as the calculation basis, the invention improves the reliability and accuracy of the detection of battery state of health detection. The invention also tracks instances of abusive conditions that accelerate battery aging, assessing whether such conditions accelerate battery degradation and issuing warnings accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Peng Ding, Yanwen Zhang, Weikun Wu, Haowen Ren, Zonglin Cai, Guopeng Zhou, Xiaohua Chen, Xiao Yan, Enhai Zhao, Pei Song, Danfei Gu, Pingchao Hao